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The "Forbidden City" is the most visited World Heritage Cite and is located in this Chinese city.
Where is Beijing?
Junko Tabei, a Japanese mountaineer, was the first woman to climb to the peak of this mountain.
What is Mount Everest?
This half-human half-wolf form European Mythology changes its form under the light of the full moon.
What is a werewolf?
This gemstone, often used for jewelry, is the hardest natural substance on Earth.
What are diamonds?
Among the holdings of this British museum are the Elgin Marbles & the Rosetta Stone.
What is the British Museum?
The World Heritage Sites are overseen by this United Nations agency.
What is UNESCO?
The rival of Thomas Edison, this inventor made significant contributions to the study of electricity.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
The Monkey King Sun Wukong is known by this name in Japanese, sharing it with the main character of Dragon Ball.
Though not covered in sand, this is the largest desert in the world.
What is Antarctica?
Part of this group's mission is to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.
What is Greenpeace?
This Southern European country has the most World Heritage Sites in the world with 54.
What is Italy?
The first person to discover the Americas was not Christopher Columbus, but Leif Erikson, belonging to this group of Nordic seafaring warriors.
What are the Vikings?
The leprechaun is a small mischievous being from Irish legend that hides this at the end of a rainbow.
What is a pot of gold?
This nocturnal animal is the only mammal capable of flight.
What are bats?
In 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was born near this small Tuscan town.
Where is Vinci?
The oldest World Heritage Site are these islands found in the Pacific Ocean, almost 1,000 km west from the coast of Ecuador in South America.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
While Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, he died partway in this island nation.
What is the Philippines?
The legend of the Unicorn horn likely comes from the tusk of this deep sea animal.
What are narwhals?
This flower of love and beauty is believed to have been first cultivated in China over 5000 years ago.
What are roses?
The major powers of Europe were involved in this war that lasted the 7 years between 1756 & 1763.
What is the 7 Year's War?
Only Germany and this Middle Eastern country have ever had a World Heritage site removed from the list.
What is Oman?
The first man on the moon Neil Armstrong's famous quote goes "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for..."
What is "mankind?"
In Norse mythology, this is the name of the World Tree, which connects the Nine Realms.
What is Yggdrasil?
This body of water is so salty that it's impossible to sink.
What is the Dead Sea?
The American Constitution & Declaration of Independence were both signed in this Philadelphia hall.
What is Independence Hall?